Book reviews and announcements
A new illustrated account of Australian orchids................ 17
A global view of fossil plants .............. 18
Images from Australian gardening history celebrated............... 19Earth Alive! - Mary White's view of the biosphere............... 20
The botanical contribution of the Forsters revisited............. 22
Two publications on early French botany ............... 23
Encyclopaedia of past and current plant use in Europe .............. 24

Miscellaneous publications
The herbarium of William McNab in Glasnevin .............. 25
Important weed documents available on the Web................ 26
A new Lucid key to noxious weed disseminules of the USA ................ 26